Point Beach Nuclear Plant declares alert over exhaust

Staff restores air quality, cancels low-level emergency

2:15 AM,
Apr. 27, 2012

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TWO CREEKS - Point Beach Nuclear Plant declared an alert Wednesday night when carbon monoxide built up in a room near where a diesel generator was being worked on.

The alert was declared at 9:06 p.m. Air quality was restored within 15 minutes and the alert canceled at 11:14 p.m., according to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

"NRC resident inspectors at the plant and staff in the regional office verified that the event did not result in injuries to workers and did not compromise public health and safety," said Cynthia Pederson, acting regional administrator for NRC Region III office in ...